You Say Goodbye and I say 'Hell No'--Glee Rehash

The excitement of my Glee Returns! night devolved into apathy.  First off, I was late...missed the first glorious five minutes.  And in Glee World that is a lot because the opening sets the tone of the show.  I did get a chance to download the episode and see it in it's entirety.  Slightly better, but still not on par with previous amazing episodes.  At first I began to believe that this had to be a dream sequence because too much was happening too fast and the idea of Sue in bed with Figgins was just unreal.  I mean, really?  Am I supposed to believe this?  Then I remembered, duh, it's GLEE.  That's how they roll. 

I've been lurking quite a bit on the technicolor Glee Forum and have decided that this new generation of youngsters are sadly ignorant of what good music is.  But, let's not go off on a tangent yet.  While I was lurking, I discovered that there were a few intelligent eggs in the bunch.  I love that many of the Will/Emma shippers have picked up on the clever parallels between the aforementioned couple and the constantly inconstant Rachel/Finn.  It became more than obvious that Will relates to Finn far too much for a man in his thirties.  He tells Finn to find his inner rock star and forget about relationships.  Of course, Will never was able to do this because he was too busy following bitch!Terri around like a sad-eyed puppy dog.  And I know that the creators want to foster that father/son dynamic, but Will is slowly beginning to act more like a poor, lost teenage boy than Finn does.  Finn is actually maturing.  I found his reluctance to give up on Rachel and his cleverness in being suspicious of Jesse St. James much more mature than Will acting like an escaped zoo animal. 

On the other side of the coin we have Emma and Rachel.  I say that they are similar but the difference is that Rachel is much more of a risk-taker than Emma.  Although, Emma definitely knows who she is and is not afraid to tell the truth.  Very similar to Rachel, particularly in this episode.  Rachel had my heart this week and that hasn't happened since the first few episodes.  I do agree that she is used a bit too much and I fear that there will be a backlash if the writers don't pull back on all the Rachel-ness in every episode.  I always enjoy delving a bit more into the secondary characters' lives.  But, I forgive the overuse of Rachel simply because she and Jesse St. James(hottie!!) had me near tears with their version of 'Hello'.  I am biased due to 'Hello' being one of my favorite songs growing up.  That poor blind girl had no idea just how much that bust DIDN'T look like Lionel Richie.  In any case, they blew me away.  Can't wait to get that on my ipod.

Now with Emma, we see a woman getting what she wants only to realize that it is much more trouble than she expected.  There's her issues with physical closeness due to her mysophobia and then there is the little fact of Will still being married and emotionally underdeveloped.  I can personally relate to this which is why I understand Emma and her situation too well .  What I love about Emma is that though she has problems, she's strong.  Strong enough to honestly tell Will that he needs to get his sh*t together before he goes on to another relationship.  Not many women could do that.  The good thing is that Will is smart enough and just mature enough to know what his problem is.  However it doesn't stop him from reverting back to the little kid he was in high school.  He still gets too caught up in wanting to be the Glee stud he use to be.  He still needs to figure out who he is as an adult.  Then he can move forward and claim his lady love.  Of course, Emma has her own problems but if previews from next week are to be believed, she is working it out with the help of a certain Material Girl.  Go Girl!(bringing it back from the old school)

I'd say this one rated a low B.  Maybe even a high C.  Next week will be better.

Wishlist: Less Brittanna(although they are amusing)
              Fewer Rachel lead songs
              More Chocolate Thunder and Fashionable Soprano
              More adorable!Emma
              Lots more Quinn!!(did she even get a line??)
              More Matthew Morrison(Mr Schu) chest exposure